A Local Connection
The Charlie Russell paintings on display at the Montana Historical Society in Helena are part of the Mackay Collection. Charles and Nancy Russell were great friends of Malcolm and Helen Mackay who went on to become his primary patron. Though hailing from New Jersey Mackay had, in 1901, proved up on 160 acres between the East and West Rosebud. Over time that would become the Lazy EL, Bench Ranch neighbors here to the south.
